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November 06, 2013

Airborne 11.05.13: FAA Allows PEDs, Gamera Record, Citation X Is FAST

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FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said the agency Is immediately providing airlines with implementation guidance for the new rules, but due to differences among fleets and operations, the implementation will vary among airlines. The agency expects many carriers will prove to the FAA that their planes allow passengers to safely use their devices in airplane mode, gate-to-gate, by the end of the year. University of Maryland students from Team Gamera have unofficially set a world record of 97 seconds for the duratio

"The impact of the Kepler mission results on exoplanet research and stellar astrophysics is illustrated by the attendance of nearly 400 scientists from 30 different countries at the Kepler Science Conference." Source: William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator at Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, CA.

The ground-based surveillance radar beacon transmitter-receiver, which normally scans in synchronism with a primary radar, transmitting discrete radio signals which repetitiously request all transponders on the mode being used to reply.

Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia

The Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia (AAAA) is a growing and diverse organization of members from a broad range of backgrounds, who all have one thing in common - a passion for aviation.